moorland
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lənd, -ˌlænd noun Chiefly British.
an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
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| (Brit) an area of moor | |
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moorland
tract of open country that may be either dry with heather and associated vegetation or wet with an acid peat vegetation. If wet, a moor is generally synonymous with bog (q.v.).
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Example sentences
And the thirty villages as well as the forest and moorland all belonged to it.
We trekked seven hours out of the rain forest and into heather and moorland.
These conditions encouraged the formation of peaty moorland at the expense of trees.
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